Felt Craft Books: Which Felt Pattern Book Shall I Buy?
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Are you passionate about felt crafts and love books like I do? If so, then choosing the perfect felt pattern book for yourself or as a gift for Christmas can be an exciting task. With so many options available, you might be wondering which felt pattern book to buy. It's important to consider the specific needs and preferences of the felt crafters in your life. To help you make an informed decision, I've bought and, in this post, reviewed 7 books for felt crafts. This will ensure that you choose a book that will inspire and motivate you or your loved ones to embark on new and exciting felt crafting adventures. Additionally, don't forget to check out the bonus kids felt sewing books, which can be a wonderful way to introduce kids to the world of crafting and ignite their creativity. So go ahead and dive into the world of felt crafts with a new book by your side.
My family (my mum, sister, daughter, nieces) also went through the books. They were all in love with the designs of Shelly Down in My Felt Dolls. Shelly's felt dolls are so adorable! My daughter begged me to sew the felt doll from the book, and I decided to give it a try. I might write a separate post about my experience with sewing the felt doll. Let me know if that's something that would interest you. Read the review about the My Felt Dolls book below.
Happy Felt Crafts Book Purchases!
Best Felt Craft Books Review
This felt craft books review is another helpful felt sewing post that aims to share felt tips and tricks with you, felt crafters. I selected these 7 felt craft patterns books based on reviews, felt shop selections, and availability. There are definitely some lovely felt pattern books that I missed, but I think that this selection is quite representative. If my budget allows, I could buy more felt books in the future and add them to the review.
Whether you're looking for a book for yourself or as a gift for a fellow felt crafter, I hope you'll enjoy the options and find the perfect choice. And maybe one day, you will find my felt craft book in this selection.
7 Best Felt Craft Pattern Books:
The Felt Flower Workshop by Bryanne Rajamannar
Felt Fantastic by Sarah Tremelling, projects by Morven Jones
Making Luna Lapin by Sarah Peel
Sew Your Own Felt Advent Calendar from Sachiyo Ishii
Felt Animal Families by Corinne Lapierre
Making Marmalade by Simone Gooding
My Felt Doll by Shelly Down
7 Felt Craft Pattern Books in this Review
The Felt Flower Workshop by Bryanne Rajamannar
The felt flower workshop: A modern guide to crafting gorgeous plants & flowers from fabric is meant for anybody who wants to learn how to make felt flowers and greenery.
The book is split into two parts: Tutorials and Projects. In the tutorials, you will find simple lessons for making flowers, leaves, plants, and branches. Each of the 16 lessons comes with step by step instructions, followed by detailed photos. My favorites are olive branch, peony, poppy, and sunflower. Once the lessons are completed, the book moves on to 13 projects. The projects include a supply list, instructions, and photos. You can learn how to make a sunflower centerpiece, wildflower crown, rose & peony garland, special day bouquet, and more.
The book overview:
pages: 128
skill level: beginners
sewing: no-sew
pattern size: actual size patterns
techniques and/or stitch guide: yes
My review:
I like the size of this book and the way it's structured. It's definitely a lovely book for anybody who wants to learn a new craft, felt flower making. They learn all the basics and get ideas on projects they can craft. I wouldn't recommend this book for somebody who already knows how to make felt flowers. Considering this is the most expensive book in the selection, I was slightly disappointed. Personally, I haven't found anything that would cause a "wau effect" in me. Said that it's one of the most popular felt crafting books.
The Felt Flower Workshop by Bryanne Rajamannar
Felt Fantastic by Sarah Tremelling, projects by Morven Jones
This book shares over 25 fun and simple felt projects. Felt Fantastic by Sarah Tremelling and Morven Jones shares patterns in four themes: Cute for kids, For the home, Easy accessories, and Festive fun.
The book features fun, simple felt patterns. It's suitable for beginners, including kids. Each project includes a supply list, clear instructions, lovely photos, cute hand-drawn diagrams, and templates. I would highlight the felt wreath idea using felt scraps, a 3D felt gingerbread house, and wibbly wobbly trees from the projects. Some ideas shared in the book you can find in different versions on this website: felt finger puppets, animal masks, and a birthday crown.
The book overview:
pages: 128
skill level: beginners, kids
sewing: hand sewing
pattern size: some patterns need to be enlarged
techniques and/or stitch guide: yes (basic one)
My review:
I definitely like the way this book is styled. I like the variety of available projects, from quick ones to afternoon-lasting ones. I think it's a very nice craft book for crafting with kids. Two downsides for me are that some of the projects in this book work with pre-cut felt shapes; therefore, the individual patterns for some shapes aren't available. The other downside is that various patterns must be enlarged to 200%. So, unless you have a printer at home, you cannot work with the templates. I would have preferred actual size felt patterns.
Felt Fantastic by Sarah Tremelling, projects by Morven Jones
Making Luna Lapin by Sarah Peel
Making Luna Lapin: Sew and dress Luna, a quiet and kind rabbit with impeccable taste by Sarah Peel is a cute felt sewing book. This book shares lovely stories about a kind rabbit called Luna Lapin.
You'll learn how to sew the felt rabbit Luna, her wardrobe, and accessories. Also, a dapper outfit for Luna's brother Alfie is included. Choose from a tailored wool coat, matching tweed skirt, or pretty lace set. The pattern for the pajamas is so cute. My daughter likes the red cape sewing pattern. The list of techniques includes hand-sewing stitches as well as machine sewing techniques. The full size templates include seam allowance.
Sarah Peel also wrote Sewing Luna Lapin's Friends sharing sewing patterns for five of Luna's best friends and their clothes, including Reynard the Fox, Clementine the Cat, Badger, Mouse, and even a baby Luna! In total, there is a collection of 4 books by Sarah Peel featuring Luna Lapin and her friends.
The book overview:
pages: 144
material: felt, wool tweed, printed fabric
skill level: intermediate to expert
sewing: hand sewing or machine sewing
pattern size: actual size
techniques and/or stitch guide: yes
My review:
This book inspires and sparks ideas. It's beautifully made with all the accompanying stories. It includes a great range of garments and accessories. I feel a bit overwhelmed by the complexity of the clothes patterns. It's like sewing adult clothes in a tiny version. Though I have to say they are well explained and include lots of diagrams. If you have an idea of how to sew clothes, you'll definitely enjoy this book. As a little detail, I find the letter size of this book too small.
Making Luna Lapin by Sarah Peel
Sew Your Own Felt Advent Calendar by Sachiyo Ishii
Sew your own felt advent calendar: with 24 mini felt toys to make for Christmas by Sachiyo Ishii is a holiday-themed book in this selection. This book shares 24 mini felt ornaments to make for Christmas.
The book explains how to sew an advent calendar and 24 tiny felt Christmas toys to start a new family tradition. The felt advent calendar is a creative way to countdown to Christmas. Start by learning how to make the basic calendar, followed by basic techniques, including a stitch guide, and then instructions with templates for 24 tiny felt toys. Some patterns of the felt creations to mention are a glove, a Santa girl, Santa, an Elf, and a poinsettia.
The book overview:
pages: 80
material: felt
skill level: beginner to intermediate
sewing: hand sewing
pattern size: actual size
techniques and/or stitch guide: yes
My review:
The book is full of simple felt ornament patterns. It gives you a good idea of what felt ornaments you can make for Christmas. Sometimes, the instructions could be a bit more detailed. I found interesting the use of cardboard to fill the gingerbread man ornament. The patterns are not overly cute, but they are functional. Be aware that some little items can be a little fiddly to sew, but if you sewed my finger puppets, you’re probably used to it.
Sew Your Own Felt Advent Calendar by Sachiyo Ishii
Felt Animal Families by Corinne Lapierre
Learn how to sew little felt animals with the Felt Animal families: fabulous little felt animals to sew with clothes & accessories by Corinne Lapierre.
The book starts with materials and tools, followed by techniques, and then moves on to projects. The techniques section explains how to make the animals, make the clothes, make a dress, make a skirt, and make a jacket or coat. There are patterns for six animal families (rabbit, mouse, raccoon, bear, deer, and fox family), including clothes and accessories. I really like the Fox family and many of the accessories.
Another book from Corinne Lapierre that includes felt animal patterns is Folk Embroidered Felt Birds: 20 Modern Folk Art Designs to Make & Embellish. The book includes patterns for a swan, a hen, a goose, a partridge, an owl, a dove, a peacock, and a flamingo. The birds are embellished with beads and folk-style embroidery. You can also check the book Fabulous Felt: 30 easy-to-sew accessories and decorations. The fabulous projects included in the book are ornaments, mug hugs, seasonal decorations, pillows, brooches, kid’s toys, and much more.
Benzie Design sells several felt kits of Corinne Lapierre’s designs. Mrs. Cat Loves Knitting felt kit looks so cute.
The book overview:
pages: 96
material: felt
skill level: beginner to intermediate
sewing: hand sewing
pattern size: actual size
techniques and/or stitch guide: yes
My review:
The Felt Animal Families book is lovely, with easy-to-follow instructions, lots of photos, and hand-drawn diagrams. I definitely like that there are so many different cute little creature patterns, including clothes and accessories. There are many fantastic ideas for accessories like binoculars, a baby sling, a tea set, logs, and many more. I appreciate the detail in the techniques section of the book with lots of felt sewing tips. In the template part of the Felt Animal Families book, I would prefer it to say how many pieces to cut on the template. It does say the information in the project part. With this book, you should be ready to sew tiny felt pieces.
Felt Animal Families by Corinne Lapierre
Making Marmalade by Simone Gooding
The book Making Marmalade: Stitch Marmelade Rabbit and Over 20 Seasonal Outfits and Accessories by Simone Gooding shares the pattern for little Marmalade Rabbit, her clothes, and accessories.
This book features 20 clothes patterns for four changing seasons, including a sleeping bag and pillow pattern. Each project contains step-by-step instructions and diagrams for a sewing machine. The templates include seam allowance. The book recommends using 100% wool felt to withstand the small seam allowance.
This felt sewing book has amazing photos and lovely illustrations by Simone Gooding herself.
Simone Gooding also wrote the book Little Traveller: 10 Small Felt Intrepid Explorers and Over 30 Tiny Travel Accessories to Sew! You will find a Hedgehog and his Sleigh, a Snail who lives in a Mailbox, a Girl and her Bear, two Little Sisters and their holiday Tent, a Fox who is all set ready for his next adventure, and many more.
The book overview:
pages: 128
material: felt, printed fabric, lining fabric
skill level: advanced
sewing: machine sewing
pattern size: actual size
techniques and/or stitch guide: no
My review:
What a great idea to have outfits for each season! I especially like the butterfly wings, dungarees, winter coat, and bonnet. The book has lovely pictures and drawings. To enjoy this book thoroughly, you need to have a sewing machine and experience sewing with it. Some parts and little details might be fiddly to handle, when sewing on the machine. After reading the instructions, I feel that you should have some felt toy-making experience to follow the book. Also, there is no techniques or stitch guide section, so it's good to know some basic embroidery and sewing stitches.
Making Marmalade by Simone Gooding
My Felt Doll by Shelly Down
My Felt Doll: Easy sewing patterns for wonderfully whimsical dolls by Shelly Down is an adorable felt book sharing 12 full-size felt doll patterns and accessories.
This book features simple, easy-to-follow patterns, beautiful photos, and many hand-drawn diagrams. The book explains the materials and tools needed to make the felt doll and the embroidery stitches needed. All designs are meant for hand sewing. The basic doll pattern is the same for all the projects in the book; what changes are facial features and hairstyles. There is a collection of 11 projects to make an outfit. Some to mention are a little mermaid, a bedtime doll (a favorite of my daughter), a little princess, or a beach babe. The accessories, like a floppy hat, sandals, a flower petal hair accessory, and bunny slippers, have cute little designs. The book also includes a pattern for a little bedtime bear for your felt doll.
The book overview:
pages: 128
material: felt
skill level: intermediate
sewing: hand sewing
pattern size: actual size
techniques and/or stitch guide: yes
My review:
This book is a delight to have. It's beautifully made with simple yet great-looking patterns. There are over 40 accompanying accessories. The finished doll measures about 10 inches (25cm) tall, so it's not that fiddly to sew. This book is my family's favorite from the selection. My daughter convinced me to sew the felt doll. I cannot say it was a smooth sewing process as I had no experience sewing a felt doll. I had to read some instructions several times before I got it. I had some trouble with the amount of filling (too little) and the hair (the first wool we chose was too heavy), but in the end, we have our first Gingermelon felt doll. I'm already looking forward to making another one :). And I hope my daughter takes the courage to sew some clothes for the doll herself.
My Felt Doll by Shelly Down
Felt Sewing Books for Kids
This collection includes five felt sewing books for kids. Sewing with kids is a fun and educational activity that can boost kids’ creativity, confidence, and patience. These books are filled with fun and engaging sewing projects. All of them include basic techniques for sewing with kids. And if you're in need of some additional sewing patterns for kids, you can find a treasure trove of them on this blog! From adorable felt elephant and unicorn animal patterns to fun holiday projects. So, if you want to start sewing with kids or look for a lovely Christmas gift for your kids, explore this collection and choose your favorite.
The Zenki Way: A Guide to Designing and Enjoying Your Own Creative Softies by Trixi Symonds
The first of the felt sewing books for kids is The Zenki Way by Trixi Symonds. Trixi runs a Sew a Softie blog and inspires kids and parents around the world to start sewing. This fun book includes 14 easy hand-sewn Zenki characters. You can sew a lion, dinosaur, or mini monsters. You can also buy the Zenki Way on ETSY.
Sewing Simple Softies with 17 Amazing Designers by Trixi Symonds and Deborah Fisher
The Sewing Simple Softies with 17 Amazing Designers brings together 17 simple softie patterns from different designers. The patterns use basic stitches and are sewn by hand. They are meant for first-time sewers, including kids. You can find felt toy patterns such as Seashells, Toucan, Taco, Mouse and many more.
Let's Sew by DK
Let's Sew helps kids to learn how to sew with 12 easy sewing projects. These projects use simple stitches (running stitch and backstitch). Some of the project included are Eddie the elephant, Butterfly clips, and Rainbow birdies. I like the cheerful design of this book.
Now I Can Sew by Sian Hamilton
The next book in felt sewing with kids is Now I Can Sew by Sian Hamilton. This book shares 20 colorful projects ideal for hand sewing with kids from the ages of 8 and up. Some designs from the book are Birdie paperclip, Finger puppets, Tic-tac-toe, and Owl cushion.
Stitch + String Lab for Kids by Cassie Stephens
The book Stitch and String Lab for Kids is split into 4 units: Embroidery, Hand sewing, Fiber Arts, Weaving and string craft. In the hand sewing section, you'll find patterns as Donut keychain, Pizza pillows, or Stuffed rainbow cloud. The book explains stitching basics: threading a needle, tying a knot, explaining three basic stitches, sewing on a button, and fixing a mistake.
Fabulous Felt Craft Pattern Books Conclusions
If you've been searching for some fabulous felt craft pattern books, I believe your search is over! I hope you got inspired by these 12 fabulous felt sewing books that are filled with delightful felt patterns. Whether you're a seasoned crafter or just starting out, these books offer something for everyone. From cute animals to pretty flowers, these 7 felt craft pattern books will surely spark your creativity. And if you have little ones who love to sew, I've got you covered with 5 books specifically designed for sewing with kids. Not only can you learn new techniques and create beautiful crafts, but these felt books also make the perfect present for any crafty friend or family member. They're not only a thoughtful gift but also a practical one. Plus, they are a much more budget-friendly option than buying individual felt patterns on platforms like ETSY or elsewhere. So go ahead and dive into the exciting world of felt crafting with these fantastic books!
If you want more inspiration for your felt crafting, head over to my Pinterest board Free Felt Patterns!
Be sure to visit more on this website for embroidery and sewing tips and tricks to help you out as you stitch my patterns. For free felt patterns, visit my Freebies page.
Let’s craft together!
XO, Anna
